JFK Brings Integration To Va Town
Middleburg Virginia residents report rapid desegregation of local diners as President Kennedy weekend residence prompts nonwhite patrons at the Talley Ho Inn and Middleburg Pharmacy. Priest mediator Rev Albert Pereira helped negotiate with Negro leaders and town businesses while Kennedy, briefed on events, attended Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Thomas
Middleburg
UPI
Kennedy
Virginia
Washington
Albert F. Pereira
Leesburg
Glen Ora
Father Pereira
William McKay Jackson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Tally Ho Im
Nettie Michaelis
Red Fox Tavern
Louis C. Dimos
Dimos
Union Jurisdiction Dispute Halts Bolt Mining Co Operations
Five day old strike at Bolt Mining Co near Glen Rogers continues as union and company clash over contract status. Rollie Meeks says no active contract exists, a new firm will run operations, mine to stay closed until construction and a union vote. District 29 UMW leader Titler notes NRLB past vote favored the union. line pickets form during the 4 p.m. shift as work continues on aerial tram and dryer addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolt Mining Co
Glen Rogers
Valed
Thursay
Rollie Meeks
Ernest Bruns
Ernest Graham
Zanefield
Ohio
Meeks
National Labor Relations Board
George Titler
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
Titler
NRLB
Copper Wire Stolen From Besoco Mine
Beckley state police probe two Raleigh County break ins. A Besoco mine lost 800 to 1000 feet of copper wire as thieves struck Sunday night. In a separate theft, West Virginia Belt Repairs Inc. at Price Hill reported a minor break in with less than five dollars in coins stolen from a vending machine. Details are sparse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley State
Raleigh County
Besoco
West Virginia Belt Repairs Inc
Price Hill
Rt 4 Crash Injures Five In West Virginia Sides
The Rt 4 crash near Centralia left Barrett Lambert 18 of Rosedale Gilmer County and another youth with skull fractures in critical condition at Charleston and Gassaway hospitals. George K. Shock 18 of Norman town was not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Barrett Lambert
Rosedale
Gilmer County
Charleston and
Gassaway
George K. Shock
Normantown
Deaths And Funerals Miss Winnie Mae Adams 23
Funeral services for Miss Winnie Mae Adams of North Wilkesboro North Carolina formerly of Beckley were held at 1 p m Tuesday in North Wilkesboro Burial was in Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery She died April 1 at St Mary s Hospital after a seven year illness Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs Allison W Adams a brother William and two sisters Mrs Howard Fridley Beckley and Mrs Donald Israel Crab Orchard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Mae Adams
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Temple Street
Beckley
Walnut Grove Baptist Church
Miss Adams
St. Mary’s Hospital
St. Mary's
Allison W. Adams
William
Requiem Mass for Griffin L Lynch in Fort Wayne
A Requiem Mass for Griffin L Mike Lynch will be sung at 9 a m Wednesday at the Church of the Precious Blood Fort Wayne. Lynch a coal industry figure died Sunday in Fort Wayne after years of poor health. He moved from Wheeling to live with a daughter and is survived by his wife Cecelia and several children and grandchildren. He was born in Corry Pa in 1905 and played football at Beckley High and Notre Dame before working in coal and mining roles and for the U S Bureau of Mines. The body lies at Mongovan and Sens Mortuary Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin L
Mike” Lynch
Fort Wayne
Ind
Blue Jay
Alfred Meyers
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Beckley
Church of the Precious Blood
Ft. Wayne
Lynch
Wheeling
Rudy Rossi
P. C. Lynch
Corry
Uniontown
Washington
Beckley High School
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Emmetsburg
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Beckley High
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Raleigh Coal and Coke Co
Raleigh
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Stamford and Helen
Lillybrook
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Raleigh County
Rossi
Cecelia Sheppard Lynch
Anne Frances
the Visitation Monastery
Mt. de Chantal
W. H. Nickerson Jr
Griffin L. Lynch Jr
Rites Set for Irene Spade Burdette in Beckley Church
Final rites for 56 year old Irene Spade Burdette of 111 Second Ave Beckley will be at 1 p m Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Dr Alvin J Cook presiding Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park She died Sunday at a Beckley hospital from a heart condition Born April 16 1905 in O Fallon Illinois she was daughter of the late Wilbur and Effie Canterbury Spade She lived in Beckley since 1944 and was active in the Woman's Club of Beckley the Eastern Star in Jackson Miss and the Rhododendron Garden Club Survived by husband Hugh Burdette son Dr B Hugh Burdette two sisters Beulah Hughes Thelma Shelor and survived by others in the extended family Two sisters Dixie Lee Spade preceded her in death Active pallbearers are Floyd Sayre Sr Phill A McDaniel Roy J Lucas Roger A Sharp O B Harris H P Meadows Dr William W Clarke and Robert B Sayre The body is at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home and will be taken to the church an hour before services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Spade Burdette
Second Ave
First Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Dixie Lee Spade
Floyd Sayre Sr
Phill A. McDaniel
Roy J. Lucas
Roger A. Sharp
O. B. Harris
H. P. Meadows
William W. Clarke
Robert B. Sayre
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
A. A. Potts
S. Heber St
Keyser-Bryant
Rev
L. L. Reckart
Pots
Church Grove
Timothy
Rosa Golden Potts
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Potts
First Methodist Church
Beckley Lodges
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Judea Shrine
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Lillian Earle Potts
Helen Potts
Brownstown
Ill
Betty
Mary Potts
Louise Priode
Chesapeake
Ohio
Jacqueline Gearhart
Alvin
Philadelphia
Norman
Guy
Bernard L. Crawford
B. B. Simmons
Alex D George
Walter L. Humphrey
Russell M
Final rites for Hubert Lee Wickline at Oak Grove
Hubert Lee Wickline, 65, of Oak Grove, was to have his funeral at Oak Grove Christian Church at 2:30 PM with Rev. L. A. Garten and Rev. Clarence E. Herrin presiding. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery. He died Saturday at 3:15 PM at home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after four years of ill health. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Lee Wickline
Oak Grove
Oak Grove Christian Church
L. A. Garten
Clarence E. Herrin
Wickline
Rose
Charles F Wood Funeral Services in Rand
Funeral services for Charles Franklin Wood 84 of Rand will be held at 11 a m Tuesday at Boulevard First Christian Church with the church pastor officiating. He died Saturday at home after a long illness. Survivors include his wife Margaret two sons Elmer and Bryson Wood five daughters Ruth MacDonald Malden Mary Nolan Rand Violet McNeil Fayetteville Flora Dodson Bluefield Laura Kelly Alexandria Va two sisters Hester Davis Mae Windsor and two brothers Chauncy William Wood all of Beckley. The body will be removed from Fidler and Frame Funeral Home Belle to the church one hour prior to services. Burial will be in Teter Cemetery Dothan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Franklin Wood
Rand
Boulevard First Christian Church
Wood
Margaret
Elmer
Bryson Wood
Campbell's Drive
Charleston
Ruth MacDonald
Malden
Mary Nolan
Violet McNeil
Fayetteville
Flora Dodson
Bluefield
Laura Kelly
Alexandria
Hester Davis
Mae Windsor
Beckley
Chauncy
William Wood
Beckey
Fidler and Frame
Belle
Teter’s Cemetery
Dothan
Claude Farley Dies After Illness in Beckley VA Hospital
Claude Ashley Farley, 65, of Sha dy Spring, died at 6 15 am today at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a month long illness. The body is at Webb and Neal Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Ashley Farley
Shady Spring
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Dewey D. Honaker Dies at 63 in Arnett Home
Dewey D. Honaker, 63, of Arnett, died unexpectedly at his home this morning at 9:45. The body is at Melton Mortuary pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey D. Honaker
Arnett
Melton Mortuary
Final rites set for Earl F Marchant in Rhodell
Earl Francis Marchant 57 of Rhodell dies after five year illness from cancer. Funeral at 1 p m Tuesday at Rhodell Church of God with Rev. Charles Sanger and Rev. H E Lambert officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Irene Mitchell Marchant, daughter Frances Rosencrans of Kansas City, Mo., sons E F Marchant of Colorado Springs, Ernest Pete Marchant of Plymouth, Mich., Robert E Marchant of Livonia, Mich., five sisters and two brothers. Funeral home Robertson and Foglesong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Francis Marchant
Rhodell
Rhodell Church
Rhodesi Church of God
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
United Mine Workers of America
Irene Mitchell Marchant
Frances Rosencrans
Kansas City
S. Sgt. E. F. Marchant
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ernest
Pete
Plymouth
Mich
Robert E
Livonia
Lena Richardson
Statesville
N. C
Pauline Hill
Esther Parker
Tressie Marchant
Josephine Hausley
Marion
John, Jr
Herman
Jacksonville
Fla
Robertson and Foglesong
Final rites for Theodore Buck in Mount Hope
Theodore Buck 81 of Mount Hope will receive funeral services Tuesday at 2 p m in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope conducted by Rev Ernest Barley. Burial will be in Bays Cemetery Summerlee. Buck died Friday at home after a short illness attributed to heart attack. A retired stone mason born in Germany March 12 1880 he had no known survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Buck
Mount Hope
Tyree
Ernest Barley
Bays
Summerlee
Buck
Germany
Mrs Hazel Folden rites set for Matoaka widow
Mrs Hazel Folden, 60, of Matoaka, will be laid to rest Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Lilly Grove Baptist Church with Rev Ralph Raspberry officiating. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. She died Sunday at 2:40 p.m. after complications from surgery in a Bluefield hospital. Born July 1900 in Covel, she was the daughter of the late Conrad and Ida Copen Spangler. Survivors include her husband Clarence Folden and two sons Ber-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Folden
Matoaka
Lilly Grove Baptist Church
Ralph Raspberry
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Covel
Conrad
Ida Copen Spangler
Clarence Folden
Ber
Robbing Benefactor Fortner faces prison term in Raleigh
Jackie Lee Fortner, 19, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering Jolly's Market in Daniels last June. He received one to ten years in the state penitentiary with credit for two and a half months in jail. This was his second break into the market where he had worked. He said money was needed after a prior incident when Jolly gave him ten dollars for shoes. The indictment cited $4 cash and a food and cigarette list worth $40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Penitentiary
Jackie Lee Fortner
Jolly’s Market
Daniels
Fortner
Raleigh County
Davis
Jolly
Ship Dara Sinks After Sudden Dubai Harbor Storm
Survivors on the Dara recount a fierce Dubai harbor storm as the ship carrying Indians and Pakistanis faced fire and chaos. Reports vary on cause including collision, lightning, or sabotage amid flames, lifeboats, and sea hazards such as sharks and snakes. Captain Cash and Dr. Nykerk described a terrifying scene with moans, explosions, and trapped passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubai
Gerald Nykerk
Holland, Mich
American Mission Hospital
Bahrein
Pioneer Cabell Long Dies Obituary Signs Civic Leader
Pioneer Cabell Long who had 19 grandchildren died. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St John’s Episcopal Church where he served as ranking trustee. He was active in civic, veterans, and political affairs as a Democrat and former West Virginia House of Delegates member. He led Huntington Legion Post 16 and was state commander in 1949 1950. He aided the Tri State Airport project and the field was named Walker Long Field for his role. Long sold Huntington Publishing Co to last September for 2.5 million excluding building. The publishing firm later sold WSAZ, Inc to a Detroit broadcaster for over 6 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
St. John's Episcopal Church
Long
Cabell County
Democratic Executive Committee
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Huntington
American Legion
Tri-State Airport
Here
Tri-State Airport Authority
Walker Long
Huntington Publishing Co
William D. Birke
Wsaz, Inc
Detroit Broadcasting
Jackie Withrow Heads TP Clean Up
Lloyd P. Calvert of Rand named chairman of the committee on universities and colleges for Gov Barron’s statewide clean up campaign. Sophia Raleigh County resident Mrs William W Withrow named chairman of the clean up committee for the West Virginia Turnpike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Kanawha County
Committee On Universities and Colleges
W. W. Barron
Lloyd P. Calvert
Community Planning Commission
Rand
William W. Withrow
Sophia
Raleigh County
West Virginia ‘Turnpike
State jobless filing claims in West Virginia
About 20 000 West Virginians began filing for extended unemployment benefits under a new federal program. The extension adds up to half the remaining weeks of eligibility at the same weekly rate, with changes reflecting the 1961 Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West
Film Daily votes The Apartment top picture of 1961
The 38th annual poll of Film Daily names The Apartment as the top film of 1961. Elmer Gantry Ben Hur Inherit the Wind Sunrise at Campobello The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Suddenly Last Summer Spartacus Sons and Lovers Midnight Lace follow in order. State briefs note WV coal employment down 9,290 from Feb 1960, 30,055 miners employed. Brownlea Kana wha man drowns after a fall into a creek. WVU School of Dentistry fully accredited. Dr Elmer Myers to attend National Civil War Centennial Commission meeting in Charleston, SC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Edward J. Sparks
Venezuela
U.S
Uruguay
Film Daily
Elmer Gantry
Spartacus
State Mines Department
West Virginia
John E. Gillespie
Brownland
Kanawha County
Council On Dental Education of
The
American Dental Association
West Virginia University
School of Dentistry
Elmer Myers
Philippi
West Virginia Civil War Centennial Commission
National Civil War Centennial Commission
Charleston
S. C
Surviving B52 crewmember recounts crash ordeal
A B52 aircrewman described surviving a crash after a flight went down at 2 30 p m Friday. He sheltered in a ranch cabin built a crutch from a bush trimmed branches spread his parachute to attract attention and used a survival radio and mirror to signal planes. He suffered a fractured spine but remained able to narrate the events within hours. Rescue by helicopters ferried others to Sandia Base Hospital while three officers and five airmen died in the wreckage found near Albuquerque after a blizzard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obel
Albuquerque
Mieras
Sandia
Perry B. Griffith
Stephen C. Carter
East Hartford
Conn
Peter Generis
Glen V. Bair
Kemmerer
Wyo
Sherwood Glutz Comments on Graduation Readiness
Sherwood Glutz notes high school commencement approaches as graduates prepare to enter the world. He says education matters beyond what is learned in class and reflects on lasting knowledge after old lessons fade.
Eichmann Trial Begins Tomorrow In Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann prepares for a life sentence verdict as he stands for trial in Jerusalem. The courtroom features a bulletproof glass box with three Israeli guards and headphones for the defendant. The first legal step will be a jurisdiction challenge by Doctor Robert Servatius amid Israel's security measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noone
Israel
Eichmann
Theother
Robert Servatius
Area to Name George Ellison President in Beckley
Federal agents on hand to outline aid programs for depressed areas rural renewal and small businesses. Mahan said new industries planned for Beckley Mount Hope Oak Hill may use federal working capital for expansion. full details available from C R Hill Jr Fayetteville R E Kelly Jr Oak Hill P C Graney Mr Hope or Okey L Patteson Hulett C Smith Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ellison
Mahan
Beckley
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Kanawha Industrial Corporation
C. R. Hill Jr
Fayetteville
R. E. Kelly Jr
P. C. Graney
Mr. Hope
Okey L. Patteson
Hulett C. Smith
Congress Debates Wage Floor and Farm Bill Proposals
Congress weighs a curtailed federal minimum wage of 1.25 dollars an hour as the administration pushes a broad farm bill. The measure may face delays while Kennedy era plans for farmer drafts of commodity programs gain attention. Birch Society member John H. Rousselot defends anti Communist messaging. Magnuson blasts the Interstate Commerce Commission and calls for its restructuring at a Phoenix highway meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Kennedy
Farmers’ Committees
Birch
John H. Rousselot
Rcalif
John Birch Society
Home Owners Warned Vs Termite Operators
West Virginia home owners are urged to verify termite inspectors offering protection services. State Agriculture Commissioner John T. Johnson warns of duped residents by unsavory operators posing as state inspectors and selling costly protections. He notes swarming termites and door to door peddlers rise in spring and urges careful investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Johnson
Governor's crash program to provide thousands of jobs
The plan aims to clear brush plant evergreens and widen parking at parks and use Health Center workers if grants are found. About 4 964 people with around 25 000 dependents have been given $11 an hour jobs under the emergency program. 2 205 work for the State Road Commission and 1 237 for the Conservation Commission. The program is funded by a temporary one cent state sales tax set to expire August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Beaver
Fitzpatrick Parks
Barron
Hicks
Charleston
State Road Commission
The
Conservation Commission
Pappas Returns to Crime Scene as Robbers Hit Satellite
Chuckles NEW YORK UPI Demos Pappas owner of the Satellite restaurant returned to the scene of a robbery before it happened. He entered the door at 2 a.m. to check on the place. two gunmen forced him to open the safe and fled with $3,000. NEW YORK UPI Handlers striking closed the Bronx Zoo picketed with live animals Sunday to keep children from missing the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Demos Pappas
Pappas
Bronx
Around The World In 25 Breaths MAN IN SPACE
A UPI profile details NASA Mercury life support for America's first orbital astronaut. Oxygen, water, cooling, humidity control, and air purification comprise a five percent capsule weight. Systems safeguard breathing, temperature between 55 and 80 F, and extreme outside temperatures. A backpack life support concept is planned for lunar missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bundschu
New York
UPI
America
Mercury
22 Car Turnpike Pileup Injures 26 Near Bellmawr
Twenty six people were injured when 22 cars and a bus piled up on the New Jersey Turnpike near Bellmawr. Five year old Kathy Ann Donnell of New Hartford was critically injured but later reported in good condition after surgery at West Jersey Hospital in Camden. Her parents and siblings were treated at the hospital as police noted the crash followed a prior southbound collision near exit 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellmawr
N. J
UPI
New Jersey Turnpike
Kathy Ann Donnell
New Hartford
N.Y
West Jersey Hospital
Camden
John T. Donnell
Cone Circle
Governor appoints three to state committees in West Virginia
Governor W. W. Barron announced three appointments. Lee T. Muth joins the Advisory Board of the Department of Public Assistance, Burl A. Sawyers becomes State Road Commissioner on the governor's Interstate Cooperation committee, and Denzil L. Gainer joins the same panel. Carl M. Frasure remains chairman. Ex-officio members include Atty. Gen. C. Donald Robertson and Finance Director Truman E. Gore. The commission also includes ten legislators, five from each house.
Found Cash Totals Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Eight
State Auditor Denzil L. Gainer reported that cash, checks, and money orders found in January in the auditor’s office totaled 78 558 dollars. Of this, 32 560 were cash, 30 553 in checks, and 9 866 in U S and American Express money orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Denzil L. Gainer
Gainer
U. S
American Express
Legislative Auditor's Office
Washington Senators Open Season Versus White Sox in New Era
The opening day crowd of 27 550 sees a season marked by major changes including a new president Lyndon B Johnson new manager Mickey Vernon and an expanded 10 team league with a 162 game schedule The White Sox provide the opponent and veteran pitchers Early Wynn and Dick Donovan support Washington as the club unveils new facilities and branding including relocated presidential boxes and sod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Senators
Chicago White Sox
Early Wynn
Washington
White Sox
Dick Donovan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mickey Vernon
Calvin Griffith
Senators
Minneapolis
Corral-less Roundup in Bakers Fork
Mrs. Mary Houck reported two cows roaming her front yard in Bakers Fork. Police attempted to locate the owners as a patrolman sought to corral the subjects. A second officer offered to house the cattle until owners could be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Bakers Fork
Mary Houck
Also Mentioned on This Page
JFK
Winnie Adams
Griffin
Mike’ Lynch
Irene Burdette
Charles F. Wood
Earl F. Marchant
Mrs
Cabell
Jackie’ Withrow Heads
Sherwood Glutz
Harry Ferguson
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Hall of Justice
Man IN Space
Mt. Everest
Moon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!